Board OKs superintendent contract

WELLSVILLE — Kimberly Mueller will continue as the Wellsville Central School District superintendent until at least the end of the 2017-18 school year.

School board members Monday night approved a contract under which Mueller would be superintendent through June 30, 2018.

“We feel the direction we’re going in now is the right direction right now. The board has supported the superintendent in her direction,” said school board President Al Mosher, noting there was no opposition to the contract approval. “We as board members feel confident in the progress we made and the progress we see in the future.”

“The No. 1 thing is to educate our children to the utmost,”?Mosher said, adding the board feels Mueller is the superintendent who can get Wellsville there.

Mosher said the board had to decide by next summer whether to extend Mueller’s contract. Her old contract was due to run out in June 2016, he said.

“She was basically extended to 2018,” he said. “We had to react to it (the contract)?by July 2014.”

The motion approving the contract states Mueller continues to serve “pursuant to certain terms and conditions of employment, which have been incorporated into a contract of employment.”

No other contract specifics were available Monday night. According to the website for SeeThroughNY, Mueller’s salary total for 2013 is $153,799. SeeThroughNY is a database of names, positions, salaries and/or total earnings for individuals who have been employed by the state, New York City, state and regional public authorities, public school districts, and county, city, town and village governments in the state.

Mueller said, “I’d very much keep in mind the fiscal constraints of the district, making sure the salary increases (she receives) are less than those of the other (bargaining)?units, that we’ve agreed upon in talks with other units.”

Mosher said of the contract approved Monday, “I don’t think it’s out of line with any other superintendents of the same-size school. It’ll be available for anyone to review.”